BUSINESS & ECONOMY INDICATORS TRENDS FORTUNE+ VIDEO TENDERS JOBS

Movie Review

  1. Home
  2. Movie Review

Shazam, Not with Lightening, but Charm

April 13 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy is responsible for superhero movies that take themselves seriously. Nolan succeeded in justifying the possible existence of a vigilante in an extremely corruption-prone city, Gotham, who serves as a symbol for jus...

Dumb And Dumbo

April 6 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

The Disney Studio had early in this century a nifty idea that would make its shareholders giddy while also managing to completely frustrate audiences. It is a company with a long history of animated classics, which it now is pumping out in live-action for...

United States: the Movie

March 30 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

Once in a while, there comes a talented filmmaker that the mainstream becomes infatuated with. For a long time, it was Christopher Nolan, who debuted with the absolutely mystifying and brilliant Memento and gave us over-hyped and overrated movies such as...

How to Train Your Dragon, and Lose It

March 23 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

Once in a while, there comes a talented filmmaker that the mainstream becomes infatuated with. For a long time, it was Christopher Nolan, who debuted with the absolutely mystifying and brilliant Memento and gave us over-hyped and overrated movies such as...

Captain All-powerful

March 16 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

Captain Marvel, Marvel’s first major female superhero movie, and its answer to DC’s Wonder Woman, has finally hit cinemas. The film is an ode to dreaming big, second chances, hope and female strength. It is a movie that says to us that whatever sex...

Poor Replica of Good Sci-fi Movies

March 9 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

There was a time when the name Keanu Reeves was closely associated with one of the most memorable sci-fi movies ever made, The Matrix. There are some parallels between that 1999 film and Reeves’ new vehicle, Replicas, a sci-fi vehicle as bereft of subst...

Alita: the Death of Human Film Stars

March 2 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

If one looks closer at movies such as the Rise of the Planet of the Apes, or the new Alita: Battle Angel, what is perceptible is not just the state of the art visual effects but the future of the movie industry. Robert Rodriguez’s 200-million-dollar...

The Best Pictures, Kind Of

February 23 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

Today will see the 91st Academy Awards, the biggest single event in the world that celebrates cinema, but mostly Hollywood movies. Of course Hollywood sometimes gives us good movies, which unfortunately not many  people see. And this has been a headac...

The Lego Sellout

February 16 , 2019

Sometimes, honesty is the best policy, even in business. Most expensive movies are not made to tell a story or expound philosophically about life. They are just trying to sell a product. Franchises such as the Transformers could have saved us a great deal...


Most read

Columns

Commentaries | Apr 13,2019

The Rights of Victim’s Families of Flight 302

Life Matters | Apr 13,2019

Hate under Suppression

My Opinion | Apr 13,2019

If Only We Had More ETs

Sunday with Eden | Apr 13,2019

Poor Human Resources Frustrates Tourism Sector

Agenda | Dec 25,2018

Civil Societies Welcome Bill, with Reservations

Editorial | Mar 16,2019

Media Reforms? There Are Better Ways, Mr. Prime Minister

Editorial

Protect Free Speech, Tolerate Hate Speech

April 13 , 2019

Years after a contested election, the former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi defended bef...

Minority Investors’ Rights as Crucial as Boards’ Rule

April 6 , 2019

With high national debt levels, double-digit inflation and disappointing domestic tax...

Should Public Demonstrations Turn into Platforms for Intimidation?

March 30 , 2019

There was a demonstration - of sorts - held in the city of Bahir Dar, the seat of the...

The Foundation for a State in Peace with Itself

March 23 , 2019

On March 14, 2018, 107 of the nation’s political parties reached a milestone. They...

Sunday With Eden

Poor Human Resources Frustrates Tourism Sector

Institutions dedicated to encouraging the growth of the tourism sector lack the skill...

Productivity, Ethiopia’s Achilles Heel

Last weekend, I met a car importer who has sent his only daughter to study neuroscien...

Life Matters

Hate under Suppression

Hate is a strong emotion, often manifested through actions or words. It is a popular opinion that hate, if not a completely factual one, is...

Till Death Do Us Part

Social media was recently flooded with the untimely death of Nipsey Hussle, aka Ermias Asghedom, an Eritrean American rapper who was shot an...

Agenda

Fasting Season, No Longer Boon for Fish Industry

April 13 , 2019 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

Yaqob Workneh, 42, a legal expert, has been a connoisseur of fish for the past 15 yea...

Forex Crunch Marginally Improves, while Businesses Teeter

April 6 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Amrin Ahmed, who is in her early 20s, is a self-described businesswoman. Growing up i...

Recurrent Water Shortage Exasperates Consumers

March 30 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

For Hana Tilahun, 28, who lives in Bethel, close to Balcha Aba Nefso Street, water sh...

Unplanned Rehabilitation Project Comes Unglued

March 23 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

The earliest childhood memory of Dawit Gezahegn, who is in his early 20s, is being in...

Gallery

Mourning Nation, Grieving World

March 17 , 2019

Family members of the passengers and crew who perished aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 gathered to mourn their loved ones at the crash site in Tulu Fara Wereda, some 40Km south of the capital...

THE FINISH LINE

March 16 , 2019

Pizza Hut Triples Branches

February 2 , 2019

IN PICTURE: Betty G.

January 10 , 2019

Passport Tease: New Requirements For Passports Create Outrage

December 10 , 2018

The week in picture

December 10 , 2018

Commentaries

The Rights of Victim’s Families of Flight 302

There are already misunderstandings surrounding the unfortunate crash of Ethiopian Ai...

The Affordable, Kenyan path to housing

Nairobi and Addis Abeba have a great deal in common. Found in the same region, they a...

Fineline

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has marked his first year in office...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has marked his first year in office with a speech mad...

It is not normal for the good old Ethiopian state...

It is not normal for the good old Ethiopian state to leave one of its crucial cabinet...

Fortune news

FISH ON THE SLIDE

April 13 , 2019

Abiy Tsome, the major Ethiopian Orthodox fasting season that lasts for nearly two months, is usually a boon for the fish industry, but not t...

Sugar Corporation Looks for Private Partners

April 13 , 2019 . By BERHANE HAILEMARIAM

The government has begun the process of privatising 13 sugar factories that are operational or under cons...

Audit Gap of 10b Br at Revenues Ministry

April 13 , 2019 . By BERHANE HAILEMARIAM

An audit gap of over 10.7 billion Br was discovered in the accounts of the Ministry of Revenues for the ...

Ethiopia Promises Rebalancing to a Bullish World

April 13 , 2019 . By TAMRAT G. GIORGIS

WASHINGTON, DC - The prospect of the world economy appears to be grim this year. The talk among leaders o...

In-Picture

CAR HAULER TRAFFIC JAM

March 23 , 2019

Busy Street

March 2 , 2019

Welcoming Dance

February 16 , 2019

Pizza Hut Triples Branches

February 2 , 2019

TRAFFIC HICCUP

January 26 , 2019

PARKED

April 6 , 2019

One of Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing 737 Max 8 models can be seen parked at the Bole International Airport, in Addis Abeba, near the hangers. The engines are covered with a red tarp. All 737 Max 8 planes were grounded in Ethiopia after the same model...

Drop us a message

Or see contact page